Better but not great!

August 7 - My eyes are a bit improved today!  This is going to be a long ordeal!  Bill’s scalp

Whole face is swollen

is better but now for getting the rest of him better.  The anti-itch stuff only lasts about 3 hours so we both get up during the night and then that wakes each other!

We had planned on going to Shipshewana today for the flea market and lunch but with so little restful sleep we knew we did not want to make the drive.  Instead, I made waffles for breakfast, we got showered and dressed, did a load of laundry and left for town.  First stop was Muskegon Glass to pick up the new slide part for our screen door.  Then we went to Meijers for more Gold Bond cream and Scrub wash for the poison ivy.  I asked about something to help with the swelling under my eyes but the pharmacist said there really wasn’t any on the market, just use cool compresses. 

We decided since we really enjoyed our dinner at Hearthstone to try it for lunch.  I had the Pork Belly Panini and Bill had a multi meat sandwich.  Both came with homemade chips, yum!  They also brought fresh dinner rolls with garlic and Italian seasoning.  So we both only had half of our sandwiches.  Lunch for another day.  The server told us to try getting Lamb’s Ear (a plant) and make a poultice for the ivy.  She said her brother in law uses it all the time and gets great results.

So we stopped at Lowes and got the plant, then stopped at Wal-mart and got more alcohol to keep in the truck.  We are trying to keep our hands free of ivy oil!

Got to the movie right on time.  Saw Denzel Washington in Equalizer 2.  It was not as violent I don’t think as the first one.  It was kinda emotional in the end.  We enjoyed it and it was $6 movie day and hardly anyone in the theatre, so that was nice.

On the way home we stopped at the post office to mail a package and get some stamps.  Then at Meijers for strawberries, grapes and salad mix that we couldn’t leave in the car all afternoon. 

It was a nice day out until the minute we got home then it started raining.  We had bagged up the rest of the used towels, sheets, clothes and our work shoes and Bill took them up the campground’s laundry room while I cooled my eyes, made meatloaf and caught up on our expense log.  While he was there Jean told him we’re not allowed to put our toaster oven out with a sale sign and we’re not ti ask campers to save their cans/bottles for them.  Bill told her we never asked anyone to but one lady when she realized we were separating them offered to save them for us.  Then she told Jean.  I can’t wait now to get out of this place and I’ve mentally written my letter to them.  I hope they fine the ideal workers next year as I don’t see how anyone could function but so well here being micro-managed!

OK, moving on!  Bill texted when he was on his way back and I put some canned whole potatoes on to brown in butter with sale and pepper and broccoli in to steam so we ate pretty soon after he got back.  We had more cobbler for dessert.  Oh, and I had 2 glasses of wine, was considering a 3^rd but then I wanted to post my blogs tonight so thought better of it!

Bill did up the dishes and put most of the laundry away and we are settling in to read for a while.